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Causes will be reincarnated as a social network defined outside of the Facebook ecosystem, where it started in 2007 as one of the social network's 10 original apps. The platform launched the Supporter Network on Tuesday during a presentation on stage...

Mobile payment app LevelUp helps its users save money through incentives, loyalty programs and special offers. Now, the app has introduced a way for users to share a bit of their savings with their favorite causes. LevelUp launched Causes on Thursday...

The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how. Within the past few years, ...

Katya Andresen is chief strategy officer of Network for Good, author of Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes and blogs at nonprofitmarketingblog.com. You can find her on Twitter @katyaN4G. So called "slacktivists" take e...

Susannah Vila directs content and outreach at Movements.org, an organization dedicated to identifying, connecting and supporting activists using technology to organize for social change. Connect with her on Twitter @susannahvila. Egyptians’ effective...

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media, Now is Gone, in 2007. Social fundraising is becoming a buzzword within the cause space. The growing trend allows citizens to create t...

Frank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media and fundraising so they can focus on making an impact and achieving their missions. F...

Selling candy bars or applying for a bank loan is so 20th century. Now, there are more ways than ever to raise money thanks the to Internet. A huge market of do-it-yourself crowdsourcing websites has made fundraising easier and more effective. The go...

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007. For the past couple of years, the social web has witnessed mega charity events like Twestival, 12 for 12k, Tweets...

This post is a collaboration between Mashable's Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell's "10 Ways" series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and provid...

By allowing people from all around the world to come together and share information, experiences, and knowledge, social media has become an amazing catalyst for social change. Over the past couple of weeks, we've all witnessed how important and power...

Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in Facebook. She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com. When Facebook first launched, we joined any and every Group we received an invite for. Now, Pages have tak...

This week we're offering you a special opportunity to get involved in the Summer of Social Good, Mashable’s social media charity fundraising campaign. We're running #Stories4Good, a contest giving readers the chance to share their stories of “Social ...

Dana Oshiro is a Canadian PR strategist and writer who began her career in social media as an anti-poverty and public health advocate. She blogs regularly at Villagers With Pitchforks. For many, social media updates are akin to breathing. A 140 chara...

This post was co-authored by Gradon Tripp and Matthew Knell, co-organizers of Social Media for Social Change, host of The SM4SC NYC fundraiser to benefit City Harvest. We've all seen how social media is good for business. It helps build a brand, driv...

This post is co-authored by Qui Diaz, Beth Kanter and Geoff Livingston, who are working on a special project, dubbed “Philanthropy 2.0″ to provide non-profits the information they need to best serve donors and advocates. While the social web has been...

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Na...

Chicago-based startup The Point launched late last year as a service that operates on the concept of the tipping point, gaining a certain type of committed traction before requiring users to take action. (See Mark's interview with The Point here.) To...

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